Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise

I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the changing of the Muses; I have been versed in the reasonings of men; but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.

The way of God is complex, he is hard for us to predict. He moves the pieces and they come somehow into a kind of order.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches.

Remember this! No amount of Bacchic reveling can corrupt an honest woman.

There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.